smuggler

Chapter 371 Carrion
I thought of a few strange words said by the paper hat man, and now I met him just after entering the village, and my heart sank.

I said with a stiff smile, "Uncle Wang, don't be kidding, how can a dog eat grass?"

I didn't expect that when Uncle Wang heard what I said, his face was full of disbelief: "Dogs are born to eat grass!"

Aunt Wang next to me also seemed surprised that I would say such a thing, and said with a smile: "Yaoyao, what's wrong with you? Dogs eat grass, otherwise, what else can they eat?"

I looked at the expressions of Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, it didn't look like they were joking with me at all.

In an instant, the inexplicable feeling of unease became more and more intense. My palms were covered with a fine layer of sweat, and my heart became anxious and frightened.

A kind of fear rose in my heart. Seeing the serious faces of the two of them, I subconsciously took a few steps back.

At this moment, suddenly from the gate of the yard behind me, a big yellow dog suddenly rushed out, which surprised me who was caught off guard.

This big yellow dog doesn't bite people, and it used to appear in the village often. Now when it sees me, it wags its tail and sniffs my trouser legs.

"Rhubarb, come here quickly, it's time to eat!" Aunt Wang smiled from ear to ear when she saw the big yellow dog, and immediately raised her hand to call.

Hearing Aunt Wang's shout, the big yellow dog immediately passed by wagging its tail.

Aunt Wang also grabbed a handful of green grass from the sack and kept calling Rhubarb.

And what happened next was simply jaw-dropping. After Rhubarb wagged his tail and passed by, he actually started to chomp.

This unbelievable scene made me feel like I was in a nightmare, and when I looked at Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, they both smiled and didn't notice anything wrong.

It seems that in cognition, dogs are originally herbivores.

Immediately, an ominous feeling rose in my heart. Uncle Wang sat down under the eaves, smiled and watched the big yellow dog grazing, and said to Aunt Wang: "I just came back from mowing grass on the hillside and saw the ancestral graveyard outside the village. I don’t know where a lot of wild dogs came from here, and they are grabbing grass to eat on the grave.”

Aunt Wang fed the rhubarb and said to Uncle Wang, "I need to talk to the second uncle in the village about this, and ask the villagers to take a look at it, so as not to destroy the ancestral grave."

I was terrified in my heart, and subconsciously slowly exited the courtyard door. At this time, Aunt Wang turned her head and looked at me with a smile on her face.

I quickly said, "That... Auntie, you guys go ahead and I'll go back!"

Aunt Wang warmly entertained me, and she wanted to come over and pull me back: "You must have not eaten anything when you came back. The rice is already ready in the pot. You can fry two dishes and you can eat it in a few minutes."

I squeezed out an ugly smile, and quickly declined and said: "No, no, you are busy, auntie, I'll go back first!"

Saying that, I didn't wait for her to say anything, turned around and walked quickly towards the door.

As soon as he walked out of the yard, he heard Aunt Wang say to Uncle Wang, "Zhang Deng hasn't come yet!"

Zhang Deng?

Who is this guy?I am very confused, I have never heard of it before, and my village itself seems to have never heard of Zhang Deng.

I walked a few steps suspiciously, feeling a bit chilly behind me, so I looked back and saw Aunt Wang who was feeding the dog and Uncle Wang sitting under the eaves turned their heads and stared at me.

My heart sank, and I walked towards grandma's house non-stop, passing by some houses, and saw the villagers in the village.

I know all these villagers, but I don't know why, it just gives me a very strange feeling.

Nothing has changed, yet everything seems to have changed.

Along the winding village road, I came to the gate of grandma's courtyard, which was ajar.

I gently opened the door, nothing changed in the yard, but I haven't come back for a long time, it looks a bit deserted.

It was time to eat, and the lights were on in the room. When I walked to the door, I saw Lin Hansheng and his aunt were preparing to eat.

I haven't seen her for a long time. Although my aunt's appearance hasn't changed much, she is much older, and her cheeks are extremely pale, bloodless, and she looks very thin, revealing a sick haggard look.

Seeing me coming back, my aunt was stunned for a moment, then her face burst into a smile, she stood up and greeted her: "Yaoyao is back, we are preparing to eat, come in and sit down!"

"Sit down, I'll serve the meal!" Lin Hansheng stood up and echoed with a smile.

My aunt smiled at me with pale cheeks: "Yaoyao, I'm glad you can come back, my aunt used to..."

I interrupted her: "Auntie, don't talk about the past, it's all in the past."

She is obviously 40 or [-] years old, but now she is in her twilight years, and I don't want to worry too much about it.

The aunt showed an old smile: "Okay, okay, it's all over, so I won't talk about it anymore!"

At this time, Lin Hansheng served me a bowl of rice. I had been tossing and tossing all day, and I was already a little hungry, so I was not polite.

My aunt put a piece of ribs in my bowl and said: "You must be exhausted after being outside alone during this time. I think you are thinner than before. Eat more meat to replenish your body."

I said thank you, picked up the ribs with chopsticks and took a bite.

When I put it in my mouth, I feel that the ribs are very fragrant, but after chewing a few more bites, I feel something is wrong.

Not only was the meat not chewable, but it was also sticky, with a very serious rancid smell faintly.

It's like stinky meat that has been left for a long time on a hot day. After chewing two mouthfuls, the rotten smell is so strong that I almost spit it out.

I wanted to vomit, but felt that it was not elegant to chew something in front of my face, so I subconsciously looked up at my aunt and Lin Hansheng.

But it was just this one look that made me break out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, my aunt is also staring at me, and she still has that kind of very scary eyes. There is an extremely weird smile on the corner of her mouth, and the deep-set eye sockets have completely lost the whites of her eyes.

"vomit!"

I was startled, and I couldn't help but spit out the meat in my mouth.

"What's wrong? Is it not to your liking?" My aunt said to me softly.

I quickly raised my head again, and found that there was nothing unusual about her at all, her eyes were black and white, and she was confused when she saw me spit out the ribs.

"It's okay, I just have a toothache recently!" I put on a dress and covered my cheeks, pretending to have a toothache.

The aunt said softly: "Yaoyao, do you have something on your mind? If you don't have any thoughts, you can tell them!"

My heart tightened, but I still pretended to have a deep smile and said: "Auntie, you are my only relative in the world now, how can I hide anything from you."

The aunt smiled and nodded: "That's good, there is something you can say."

Lin Hansheng next to him said: "Yaoyao is so sensible, she knows what to do, well, let's eat, it will be cold if you don't eat any more!"

Then, there was a silence.

But when I watched Lin Hansheng and my aunt eating the ribs with relish, I felt an indescribable nausea in my heart when I thought of the rancid smell at the beginning.

Seeing the two of them eating very happily, I tried to pick up another green vegetable, put it in my mouth and took a small bite, and the bitterness suddenly appeared again.

Undercooked, as if eating raw.

I didn't move my chopsticks. I thought about what happened at Uncle Wang's house after returning to the village.

I paid attention to my aunt's expression and asked, "Auntie, when I went back to the village in the afternoon, I saw Uncle Wang's yellow dog... grazing."

Unexpectedly, after hearing what I said, my aunt and Lin Hansheng were not surprised at all. My aunt said to me: "What's so strange about this? Dogs are smart. When their stomachs are not good, they will eat grass by themselves and treat it with oxalic acid." Soothes the stomach."

I smiled and said nothing.

While eating, the sky outside was getting dark unconsciously.

I turned my head and looked outside the dark courtyard gate. For some reason, I suddenly thought of the nightmare I had last night.

At this point in time, it seems to be the scene in my dream.

I felt inexplicably uneasy, but fortunately, until the end of the meal, everything was normal.

After eating, because my aunt was not feeling well, I washed the dishes and cleaned up my room.

I used to live with my grandma, and although some ashes fell in the room, nothing has changed.

After the lights were turned off, I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. I always felt that after returning to the village, everything was strange, but I couldn’t tell you the specifics.

(End of this chapter)